The Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

“the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali” means the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali done at Bamako on 15 May 2015(1);

“arrangement” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions, whether or not legally enforceable (but see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for the meaning of that term in that Schedule);

“the Committee” means the Committee of the Security Council established in accordance with paragraph 9 of resolution 2374;

“conduct” includes acts and omissions;

“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include producing a copy of the information in legible form;

“the EU Mali Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali(2), as it has effect in EU law;

“humanitarian assistance activity” includes the work of international and non-governmental organisations carrying out relief activities in Mali for the benefit of the civilian population there;

“Mali” means the Republic of Mali;

“resolution 2374” means resolution 2374 (2017) adopted by the Security Council on 5 September 2017;

“serious human rights violation or abuse” means a serious violation or abuse of any of the human rights specified in regulation 4(2)(g);

“Treasury licence” means a licence under regulation 22(1);

“United Kingdom person” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act.

(1)

A scanned copy of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali (in the original French and titled as the ‘Accord Pour la Paix et la Reconciliation au Mali - Issu du Processus d’Alger) is available online at https://peacemaker.un.org/node/2681.

(2)

OJ No. L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1.